NAB Raises 12.7 GHz Interference Concerns
NAB has concerns about the FCC’s recently launched proceeding on the potential for expanded use of the 12.7 GHz band (see 2210270046), NAB said in a filing posted Wednesday in docket 22-352. NAB officials met with an aide to Chairwoman…
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Jessica Rosenworcel. As the notice of inquiry “acknowledges, broadcasters currently use spectrum in this band for Broadcast Auxiliary Services (BAS) operations,” NAB said: “As the Commission knows, protection of licensed mobile operations can pose particular challenges -- yet licensed mobile BAS operations are critical to broadcasters’ ability to cover live events and breaking news.” NAB hopes the FCC will “reserve just 55 MHz of the 6 GHz band exclusively for licensed mobile use until real-world data is available to justify the removal of such reservation.” A set-aside “would effectively serve as a pilot program to test the coexistence of unlicensed operations and licensed mobile operations and address our ongoing concerns regarding the potential for harmful interference to licensed mobile operations in the 6 GHz band,” the group said.